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Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda speaks during a U.N. crisis summit on rising food prices at the FAO in Rome
03 Jun 2008
Source: Reuters
 
Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda speaks during a U.N. crisis summit on rising food prices at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Rome June 3, 2008. The United Nations urged a summit on the global food crisis on Tuesday to help stop the spread of starvation threatening nearly 1 billion people by lowering trade barriers and removing export bans. REUTERS/Giuseppe Giglia/Pool (ITALY)
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